The All
Progressives Congress' Presidential Campaign Organisationl has asked the
Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission to investigate Africa
Independent Television (AIT) for broadcasting a fabricated hate documentary against
its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)
The campaign
organisation also wrote to the Director General of the Nigerian Television
Authority to tender an apology to APC and its presidential candidate.
The two
letters were written by the Director of Legal of the APC Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Mr Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, SAN, who is also the Attorney General
and Commissioner for Justice, Imo State.
"I
therefore demand your good office to immediately investigate the said hate
broadcast with a view to taking appropriate punitive steps against AIT and its
comrades in this unholy act," the letter stated.
APC also
asked the DG, NTA, to disclose to it the real sponsors of the hate documentary
and to also meet with the APC's National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, with a view to packaging a remedial broadcast.
"Failure
on your side to comply immediately with the above demands would certainly force
us to take drastic court action against you," the letter to the DG NTA
read.
It said NTA
was goaded into carefully and intentionally turning its respected television
station into a ready tool for hate groups that do not wish Nigeria well.
The letter
to NBC's DG calling for AIT's probe and dated January 26th, 2015 reads: "I bring to
your attention the fabricated and hate broadcast by AIT against APC and its
presidential candidate.
"This
hate broadcast has been on from Saturday, 24th January 2015 to Sunday 25th January 2015 at at
11pm.
"All
well meaning Nigerians and persons all over the world are worried that Daar
Communication Plc could do this evil to Nigerians' sensibilities by
broadcasting fixed and fabricated lies for hate purposes.
"The
twisting of facts on the broadcast is unprecedented."
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